Thursday, February 03, 2011

As much as we decry the

mounting chaos in Egypt (which includes savage attacks on journalists, mostly from Pro-Mubarek thuggees) it is important to note that this same template worked like gangbusters in Iran when it came time for Mahmoud Achmadinejad to crack down hard on his opponents.
On the other hand, busting heads is a desperate strategy if you don't have the army to back you up 100%, when DeGaulle was faced with widespread street protests in 1968 he had the armed forces' backing from the git go...this doesn't seem to be the case for Mubarek, the Egyptian military seems to be trying to referee the whole mishaugas.
I suspect in the absence of a sudden break in Mubarek's favor that course of action is gonna get old quickly.

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